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This article is about the television series. For titular character, see Kim Possible (character).
Kim Possible
Cover for "Crush", pilot episode of Kim Possible. Featuring Kim, Ron, Rufus, Dr. Drakken and Shego.
Created byMark McCorkle
Bob Schooley
Voices ofChristy Carlson Romano
Will Friedle
Nestor Carbonell
Nancy Cartwright
Gary Cole
John DiMaggio
Shaun Fleming (1-3)
Ricardo Montalban
Cesar Eduardo Hernandez
Earl Boen
Jean Smart
Rider Strong (1-3)
Nicole Sullivan
Kirsten Storms
Raven-Symoné
A.J. Trauth (1-3)
Patrick Warburton
Ashley Tisdale
(4)
Spencer Fox (4)
Opening theme"Call Me, Beep Me"
by Christina Milian
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes87 (list of episodes)
Production
Running timeapprox. 22 minutes (per episode)
Original release
NetworkDisney Channel
ReleaseJune 7, 2002 –

September 7, 2007

Kim Possible is an Emmy Award-winning American animated television series about a teenage crime fighter who has the task of dealing with worldwide, family, and school issues every day. The show is action-oriented, but also has a light-hearted atmosphere and often lampoons the conventions and clichés of the secret-agent and action genres.

Premise

The series revolves around the life of Kimberly Ann Possible, a junior adventurer who deals with both super-villains trying to take over the world and her own school life without actually living a double life. Her lifetime friend/recent boyfriend Ron Stoppable and Ron's pet naked mole rat, Rufus, act as sidekicks. They are backed up by Wade Load, a twelve-year-old genius who gives Kim her equipment and missions and never seems to leave his room.

The characters live in Middleton, a community somewhere in the United States, and while the series revolves mostly around Kim’s fight against her enemies, she usually also has to deal with problems on her own daily life as a cheerleading teenager, normally as a subplot in many episodes. [1]

Production

Creators Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley claim they created the show in an elevator. As they tell it, McCorkle looked at Schooley and said, "Kim Possible: she can do anything". Schooley at once replied, "Her partner is Ron Stoppable: he can't do anything". The creators also maintain that it was always their intention for Kim and Ron to eventually become involved romantically, rather than just remaining best friends. This becomes a reality in the supposed series-ending movie, Kim Possible: So the Drama. The romantic theme also continues in season four. [2]

The series premiered on Disney Channel in June 2002, and the first episode to air, Crush, was nominated for a Primetime Emmy award the following year. After the premiere of this episode, Kim Possible was the most watched and highest rated television show on Disney Channel at that time. The series as a whole was nominated for the Daytime Emmy in 2004, and again in 2005 (that year it received 5 nominations and 1 win).[3]. The show has been widely praised for its smart dialogue, fluid animation, and engaging, well-written characters (both heroic and villainous). [4]

On February 22, 2005, after 3 seasons and 65 episodes, the show ended production. Due to the popularity of the series and grassroots operations by dedicated KP fans, Disney announced on November 29, 2005, that the show would be renewed for a fourth season, which debuted on Disney Channel on February 10, 2007. The series finale aired on September 7, 2007 with the airing of the one-hour-long concluding episode, "Graduation" [5]

Steve Loter documented the production of the final episode of season 4, and thus the completion of the Kim Possible franchise, in a blog titled "So the Finales" hosted on Blogger. It included behind the scenes and production information from the perspective of the crew as well as production sketches from one of several alternative endings that had been scripted. So the Finale maintained an open comment system allowing fans to express their views on the franchise and its closure. [6]

The show's title music, "Call Me, Beep Me", is sung by Christina Milian. Artist Stephen Silver was the lead character designer.

Kim Possible also airs on Toon Disney in the United States, and Family Channel in Canada. Some early episodes have been aired on ABC as part of its Saturday morning block ABC Kids. [7]

In the UK, the show can be seen often on Toonattik (GMTV's children's weekend slot on ITV1). It's currently on Saturday mornings.

In Australia, Kim Possible can be seen on Disney Channel Australia 3 times a day along with Network Seven which are currently repeating the final season every Saturdays at 9:30am.

In India, Kim Possible can be seen on "Toon Disney" and "Disney Channel".

Episodes

Main article: List of Kim Possible episodes
Season Ep # First Airdate Last Airdate
Season 1 21 June 7, 2002 May 16, 2003
Season 2 32 July 18, 2003 August 5, 2004
Season 3 12 September 25, 2004 June 10, 2006
Season 4 22 February 10, 2007 September 7, 2007

Characters

Main article: List of characters in Kim Possible

Films

Main article: Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time
Main article: Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama

DVDs

Various DVDs were released for the series:

  • Kim Possible: The Secret Files
  • Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time
  • Kim Possible: The Villain Files
  • Kim Possible The Movie: So the Drama (Extended Edition)
  • Kim Possible: Monkey Business (Europe and Australia only)
  • Kim Possible: Season 1 (Germany only)

Soundtrack

Main article: Kim Possible (album)

Video games

International

A Mandarin version aired on CCTV-12 in China, and an Arabic dub was also made which started airing on Dubai TV in early 2006 and is currently airing on MBC 3 on the network's "Disney morning timeslot", the only thing that was changed were the character's names, for example Kim was called "Damo Staheel" (Mostaheel is Arabic for Impossible), Ron was called "Mostah Aed", Wade was called "Awad", Shego was called "Shahira", and Dr. Drakken was called "Daraken". The show aired on the French Disney Channel and then on TF1's Disney show in France. Several changes were made in the names to fit with translated jokes: for example Ron Stoppable is called Robin Trépide ("Intrépide" meaning some kind of a courageous adventurer).

References

  1. ^ Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley Interview on Kim Possible Season 4
  2. ^ The Background Art of Kim Possible Art director Alan Bodner and executive producer/director Chris Bailey discuss the Background Art of Disney's Kim Possible.
  3. ^ Awards for "Kim Possible" (2006), retrieved August 4, 2006
  4. ^ Latest interview with Steve Loter
  5. ^ http://sothefinale.blogspot.com/ So The Finale], Official Season 4 finale production blog by Steve Loter (2008-01-01)
  6. ^ Loter Steve (2007) "So the Finale", Blogger
  7. ^ earlier Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley Interview
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